Understanding the mechanisms of social bias and racial stress in treating mental health symptoms could go as far as helping us reduce the chance of war in polarized regions. How does integrative group work influence bias, connectedness, and stress when paired with novel therapies?

Studying long term couples, new couples, and strangers in their relationships can provide us with powerful insights into collective healing. Looking at social connectedness and interbrain synchrony in these different demographics is essential for our understanding of human coexistence. Could improving relationships show enhancements in neural correlates of social connection?

Can the group format to therapy both enhance connectedness to nature as well as reduce climate apathy and climate anxiety. Studying the group format in and out of naturalistic settings can provide insights into the best environments for increasing nature relatedness in patient populations.

How do polarization and poor intergroup dynamics affect our ability to coordinate and solve our world’s biggest challenges? Can our health systems shift to a model where individual health is one piece of a much larger puzzle and collective healing is our greatest tool against existential threats?